Personal Injury
Representative Cases
- Plaintiff claimed a traumatic brain injury arising from a trip over wooden conduit placed on the ground in a driveway area to protect electrical wires. Defendant denied liability and claimed that the condition of the conduit was open and obvious. Plaintiff claimed that the conduit did not present an open and obvious danger due to discoloration of the wood, and that the conduit lacked warnings to alert pedestrians of its presence. Case was settled.
- Resolved multiple individual personal injury claims including auto tort, premises liability, assault and battery, vicious dog, general negligence and third-party tortfeasor workplace injury.
- Presided over and tried Maritime Law jury trial personal injury action and resolved Maritime Law personal injury cases in settlement conference.
- Individual and class action cases for products liability and personal injury cases involving toxic torts pharmaceuticals, chemical exposure, and design and manufacture of defective products.
- Cases involving incorporation of formaldehyde into uniforms of flight attendants resulting in multiple nationwide claims for personal injury.
- Cases for claims of contaminated pharmaceuticals under theories of manufacturing and design defect.
- Cases for claims of chemical contamination of clothing arising under Proposition 65.
- Cases for food contamination and additives arising under Proposition 65.
